Data for 1994

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1994

Name: External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1994
Creator: World Bank Group
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1994, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1994 covers 111 countries. Liberia is highest, at 1,302.70; Eritrea is lowest, at 5.46. The middle country reads 58.72. Against 1993, 109 values changed (67 up, 42 down), 2 countries joined.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI) · Data for 1994

HighestLiberia

1,302.70

LowestEritrea

5.46

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

111countries
1measure
1994the year it describes
111distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1994, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1994: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,302.70
2	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	581.12
3	Guyana`GUY`South America	448.08
4	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	366.08
5	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	357.48
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	255.63
7	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	239.97
8	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	230.72
9	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	199.06
10	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	195.13
11	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	189.38
12	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	174.76
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	156.58
14	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	145.43
15	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	144.94
16	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	143.74
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	143.56
18	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	134.35
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	130.89
20	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	127.55
21	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	127.42
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	123.40
23	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	121.67
24	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	120.61
25	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	117.51
26	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	113.01
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	113.00
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	110.43
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	108.35
30	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	108.31
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	106.95
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	104.99
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	103.28
34	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	102.51
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	91.62
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	91.05
37	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	88.43
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	86.47
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	85.63
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	83.17
41	Niger`NER`Western Africa	79.22
42	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	78.67
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	75.58
44	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	74.10
45	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	68.36
46	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.90
47	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	66.45
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	65.20
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	63.58
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	62.63
51	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.59
52	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	62.36
53	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	61.68
54	Peru`PER`South America	61.64
55	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	60.34
56	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	58.72
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	58.06
58	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	56.89
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.78
60	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	54.03
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53.66
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.01
63	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	51.56
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.24
65	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	50.70
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.61
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.53
68	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	44.48
69	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.10
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.77
71	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.30
72	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	41.18
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	40.99
74	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.39
75	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	39.35
76	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	38.74
77	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.01
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.27
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	31.12
80	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	30.67
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	30.56
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	30.47
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.30
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.27
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	29.61
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	29.59
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.45
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	28.63
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.52
90	Colombia`COL`South America	27.70
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.10
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.61
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.86
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.60
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	23.22
96	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.39
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.43
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.79
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.66
100	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.36
101	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17.17
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	16.35
103	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16.25
104	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.34
105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13.19
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.32
107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	10.83
108	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.70
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9.45
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.69
111	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.46

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Liberia1,302.70
2Angola581.12
3Guyana448.08
4Nicaragua366.08
5Republic of the Congo357.48

Lowest

111Eritrea5.46
110Belarus8.69
109Azerbaijan9.45
108Uzbekistan9.70
107Ukraine10.83

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 58.72. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 109 in both
67 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Liberia1,014.75 → 1,302.70+287.95
Angola326.52 → 581.12+254.59
DR Congo111.85 → 239.97+128.11
Republic of the Congo235.55 → 357.48+121.93
Rwanda46.46 → 127.42+80.95

Fell most

Nicaragua879.96 → 366.08−513.88
Guyana542.66 → 448.08−94.59
Sudan199.14 → 143.74−55.40
Myanmar184.73 → 144.94−39.79
Vietnam191.06 → 156.58−34.49

+ Eritrea

+ South Africa

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1994.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 111 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1994). External Debt Stocks (% of GNI), 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/external-debt/1994

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07Questions